60. Bodies that have not been accepted by an educational institution and unclaimed bodies that, on the instructions of the physician in charge, are to be buried or cremated, must be buried or cremated as soon as possible. The cost of burial or cremation is at the expense of the succession, or, if there is no succession, at the expense of the Gouvernement du Québec so far as the property left by the deceased is insufficient to cover such cost, unless it has already been paid for pursuant to a contract for a pre-arranged funeral.
However, burial or cremation shall in no case be carried out without the authorization of a coroner in accordance with the regulations.
1977, c. 47, s. 5; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1984, c. 47, s. 124; 1992, c. 57, s. 668; 1997, c. 77, s. 5.